Thrombosis and failure of a HeartMate II device in the absence of alarms

Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1197-1199

  Bashir, Jamil ^a   Cheung, Anson ^a   Kaan, Annemarie ^a   Kearns, Mark ^a   Ibey, Andrew ^b   Ignaszewski, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac transplant; HeartMate II; mechanical circulatory support; VAD; ventricular assist device

Indexed keywords

DIGOXIN; FRESH FROZEN PLASMA; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; HYPERTENSIVE AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; METOPROLOL; MILRINONE; RAMIPRIL; SPIRONOLACTONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; THROMBOCYTE TRANSFUSION; THROMBOSIS; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CLINICAL ALARMS; DATA DISPLAY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80053306096     PISSN: 10532498     EISSN: 15573117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healun.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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